The 2026 Yamadori/Collecting Thread

[Joe Dupre']

buds are popping on about a quarter of my collected trees. This coming weekend is probably my last chance for collecting this season. The second half of February is repotting time.

Swamp Dogwood
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Chinese privet
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Laurel Oak
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Swamp Chestnut Oak
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Cool stuff. I'm in southeast La., too........ about 35 miles south of Baton Rouge. Whereabouts are you located?

 

[jenkasaurus]

Collected two Pinus sylvestris from a raised peat bog today.
Posted about it in my on going thread here where I post about collecting trees and my work in the conservation of raised bogs

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Wow!!! Unbelievable beauty

 

[The Barber]

Took off work and did some collecting yesterday, weather was a light misting rain every so often, then it rained on me the entire time I potted them up with a heavy misting rain. I was soaked by the time I was finished minus what the rain jacket protected.

Red maple I believe.

Kinda looks like an elephant

This hornbeam might be a good candidate for a flame style? It's a big one. Asshole woodpecker punched a couole holes in it.


Twisty hornbeam.

The fused hornbeam/elm.

 

[DeepSouth]

Cool stuff. I'm in southeast La., too........ about 35 miles south of Baton Rouge. Whereabouts are you located?

Thanks, I am working with a lot of different species and try to experiment with a few that are uncommon. Baton Rouge, but I collect most of my trees on my property about 60 miles Northeast of here.

 

[BrianBay9]

Took off work and did some collecting yesterday, weather was a light misting rain every so often, then it rained on me the entire time I potted them up with a heavy misting rain. I was soaked by the time I was finished minus what the rain jacket protected.

Light rain or heavy fog is the best collecting weather, for the trees anyway.